kate66 's review for:

False Value by Ben Aaronovitch

3.0

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This is, by far, the weakest book in the series so far. I see it as a "fire break" between the end of Faceless Man #2 and whatever happens next.

Peter goes under cover and finds himself up to his ears in more "weird bollocks". Thankfully he's got Beverley, The Bump, the talking foxes, Abigail and The Folly to keep him grounded-ish.

There are some funny parts of False Values and it does introduce us to more strange magical beings than just the Little Crocodile set. It isn't the crazy powerhouse of everything up to this point but there are some beautiful bits involving Peter's home situation and also the ongoing changes at The Folly since Foxglove arrived to keep Molly company. (I admit it I have an absolute girl crush on these two).

For me there wasn't quite enough weird, not enough Nightingale and nowhere near enough Seawoll. I see that it was perhaps an homage to Douglas Adams but even I got bored with the Hitchhikers references after a while. Too much of a good thing maybe ...

I'm hopeful that normal insane service will be resumed in Amongst Our Weapons.